Alozie Munachim Ikechi

Munachim Ikechi Alozie (born April 14, 1961) is a Nigerian politician and a member of the Federal House of Representatives from Obingwa/Osisioma/Ugwunagbo federal constituency of Abia State in the 10th National Assembly.

Alozie was born on April 14, 1961, at Umuchima Akanu Ngwa of Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of Abia State. He attended the Akanu Ngwa Primary School, Secondary Technical School, Obegu, and the College of Agriculture (now Imo State Polytechnic) Umuagwo.

His political career began as the Executive Chairman of Ugwunagbo Local Government Area from 1997 to 1998, and he later served as Transition Committee Chairman from 2011 to 2012.

He was Deputy National Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) from 1997 to 1998.

In the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Alozie held roles as Abia South Deputy Chairman and State Financial Secretary.

In the Nigerian House of Representatives, he chaired the Committee on Recovery of Public Funds and served on various other committees.

He was a two-term member of the Abia State House of Assembly, representing Ugwunagbo State Constituency from 2015 to 2023. He was Majority Chief Whip of the house and resigned in 2022 following his resignation from PDP to join the Labour Party (LP).

He ran for the Obingwa/Osisioma/Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency on the LP ticket in the February 2023 House of Representatives election and won.

Party Positions

Policy positions from the Labour Party (LP) party manifesto.

Agriculture

Will optimize agricultural value chains across all 36 states with targeted investments, addressing impediments like banditry, kidnapping, and desertification to enhance food security and advance agro-based industrialization.

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Governance & Reform

Will restructure the Nigerian federation through legal and institutional reforms to strengthen federalism by moving agreed items from the exclusive list of the Federal government to the concurrent list, ensuring effective public action for growth and sustainable livelihood.

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Security & Defense

Will implement key recommendations from previous police and security sector reform reports, including a three-level policing structure (local, state, federal) with detailed guidelines to curb abuses.

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Reliefs and scholarships

Will resolve the national minimum wage problem by replacing the extant salary structure with an hourly productivity-based national minimum wage, ensuring binding application across all sectors.

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Economy & Trade

Will reform the transport system, including logistics, ports, customs, and other agencies, to create an integrated transport system promoting inter-connectivity among ports, roads, rail, and inland waterways to reduce trade costs and enhance competitiveness.

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Enterprise grant support

Will devise programs to reskill youths, create mandatory national certification for blue-collar artisans, strengthen STEM tertiary schools, and establish a venture capital-like fund for young entrepreneurs.

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Environment & Climate

Will establish a Green Army to tap into $3 trillion in international climate finance for green growth, employment, and transition to a green economy.

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Anti-corruption

Will establish the Office of Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute executive abuses of power and corruption, with constitutional amendments to exempt its prosecutions from the Nolle Prosequi power of the Attorney General.

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Energy

Launch a solar power revolution in Northern Nigeria, ensuring uninterrupted power supply in cities and industrial parks by the end of 2024 through re-engagement of 14 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and resolving financial impediments to reach $2.5 billion in PPAs for 1,125 MW of solar capacity.

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Technology & Digital

Support private sector-led fiber-optic backbone projects connecting tertiary institutions and state capitals to enable free broadband access for digital transformation.

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Infrastructure

Creation of national multi-utility transport tunnels (MUT) to integrate masterplans for gas, road, railway, urban mass transit, telecommunications, water, sewage, and electricity for cost efficiency and streamlined infrastructure development.

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Education

Will implement a Marshall Plan-style education reform program with compulsory technical and vocational skills, entrepreneurship, and digital training from primary to secondary level, with strategic partnerships for incubators and seed funding.

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Healthcare

Expand health insurance coverage to 133 million poorest Nigerians (including pregnant women, children, the elderly, and disabled) through strengthened NHIS with private sector involvement, ensuring accessibility and affordability.

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Foreign Policy

Engage in Afro-centric diplomacy to protect Nigerian citizens abroad and advance economic interests through trade, investment, and diplomatic leverage.

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